Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

This former shopping center now acts as the eccentric lair of the Venezuelan secret police and their shadow prison.

A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

This is why we can't have nice things on the Incan Trail.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

Massive volcano in the Andes is the farthest point from earth's center.

At this faithfully preserved medina off the Moroccan tourist circuit you can walk through six centuries of history in one day.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.